EH?! This is what the Shinsengumi's like?! (Gintama Fanfiction) [PART 1]

Making Your Girl Friend Do the Manly Work Doesn't Make You Manly

Kumiko sat on the Shinsengumi's wooden floor with her eyes half shut and mouth formed in a straight line. The bickering of her different male coworkers muted out from her thoughts, for she was too depressed from yesterday's episode.

"Yo, Kumiko. How was the cake?"

A fog of guilt only visible to Kumiko was surrounding her as she looked up at Hijikata who had just entered the room.

"The cake?" she repeated with a sweat. "Oh, it tasted really great!" Yeah, if Sougo didn't step on it.

Her sempai's mouth curved ever so slightly. "That's good to hear."

Doki...doki... Was it just her or did Hijikata look really cute when he "smiled"?

"That wasn't true, Hijikata-san. Kumiko-chan didn't get to try it because I smashed it with my foot," Sougo informed him casually with his arm now placed onto Kumiko.

Kumiko's heart froze. How could he say that so easily?! Her eyes darted towards Hijikata's, which were now filled with anger and irritation. "Kumiko, is that true?"

"W-well..."

"It's true, Hijikata-saaaan."

Hijikata's strong hand pulled Sougo close to him by the collar. "What the h3ll?! Yesterday was her---!"

"Hijikata, stop!" she pleaded, getting between the two men. It wouldn't be a good idea for two Shinsengumi members to get injured, nonetheless the vice chief and the first division captain.

The dark haired man's eyes widened once again for a personal reason at what she'd just said, then let go of the sadist king. "Tch, whatever..."

"Oiiii, Kumiko-chaaan. Gori-san wanted me to go grocery shopping, but I want you to come with me~." Sougo grasped Kumiko's hand and pulled her along with him, not caring whether she agreed or not. As Sougo dragged her away, she couldn't help but look back at her sempai. His fingers dug into his hair with his eyes shut and eye brows furrowed.

'I like it better when you called me 'Toshiro'...'

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"...and we need 15 bunches of bananas."

Kumiko tiredly brought the necessary items into the shopping cart. Today was the day she actually got to experience Sougo's sadist traits. He seemed to be acting cruel to her, probably due to yestetday. He'd been commanding her to retrieve such heavy things (ex.: weights, 5 gallons of milk, etc.) and making her push the cart as well while he held the "grocery" list.

"Kumiko-chaaaaan, don't forget the 24 pack of water bottles~," Sougo reminded her. She did as she was told and put the heavy object in the cart. Why was she acting this way? She was usually the type of girl that was filled with feisty energy and spunk. She knew she was mad at Sougo, but she couldn't bring her self to yell at him. All she can do is leave a neutral expression on her face. 'Am I acting like this because of self pity? I guess I'm just...disappointed. Sougo's being a jerk, but why am I still here?'

"I've got to use the bath room. Kumiko-chan, there's a guy doing a questionaire over there for free coupons. You should go over there because a coupon would really help you while you're paying for all the items." Sougo walked off from her after saying that in his monotone voice.

'He's acting sadistic again, making the decision for me to pay for all of this...' Kumiko thought to her self as she walked over to the guy at the questionaire. Most of the people at the stand were middle aged women trying to save money.

"Okay~! So this is a game to see who's similar to me! Anyone who has an answer the same or like mine will receive a coupon!" a man wearing a fake moustache with long, brunette straight hair exclaimed. A giant duck passed a paper around for anyone who wanted to join to fill out.